Problem
Applied double standards
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Double standards of morality Nature:
The application of two standards of morality, usually one for the social group which sets the standards and another for those outside the group, encourages exploitation of other social groups and violence or otherwise immoral conduct against them. This may include racism, religious intolerance, sexual exploitation of women, and discrimination.
Incidence:
In his novel 1984, Orwell introduced the term doublethink, which he describes as follows: Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them . . To forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed . . . all this is indispensably necessary.
Broader Problems:
HypocrisyHaphazard forms of social ethicsDiscrepancies between principles and practice Narrower Problems:
Double standards of sexual moralityMale bias of lawReligious hypocrisyEmbargo on medicinesMale bias of medicineFemale bias of medicineLegalized discriminationRefusal to market new drugsFood health standards of convenienceDouble standards on environmental issuesIrresponsible finders of personal propertyBias in United Nations response to human rightsDiscrimination against homosexuals in the military Related Problems:
Non-standardization of electrical equipment Aggravates:
NudismFascismMarxismAtheismPopulismCynicismIdealismTribalismAnarchismExtremismCommunismSacrilegeScientismSocialismScepticismUnfettered liberalismPuritanismCapitalismPropagandaMilitarismUtopianismMisandronyNeo-fascismAgnosticismMaterialismRationalismConservatismCollectivismSectarianismFactionalismReligious warValue erosionAnti-communismDehumanizationMale dominationTotalitarianismAnti-capitalismPolitical purgesWorld federalismReligious schismAnti-clericalismSocial injusticeReligious tortureLinguistic purismSocial inequalityReligious conflictPolitical conflictSexual exploitationSocial fragmentationPolitical radicalismExtremist ideologiesReligious intoleranceIntellectual conflictIdeological revolutionInadequacy of religionUndemocratic pressuresCommunist subversion in capitalist and neutral countriesUndue political pressurePolitical indoctrinationIrresponsible nationalismOutdated school materialsDisagreement among expertsMultidenominational societyFragmented ethical contextsIdeological schism in communismCorruption in organized religionReligious and political antagonismDisruptive religious fundamentalismPolitically emotive words and termsUnderprivileged ideological minoritiesIdeological discrimination in politicsDiscrepancies in human life evaluationMoral offences in heterosexual pairingBurdensome cost of religious ceremoniesUndue religious influence on secular lifeInternational differences in trading practicesInadequate integration of ideology into societyPoliticization of intergovernmental organizational debateAlienation of skilled personnel from international programmesAbuse of international cultural, diplomatic and commercial exchangesInadequate relationship between international governmental and nongovernmental organizations and programmes Strategies:
Applying double standards Subject(s):
Action → ApplicationResearch, Standards → Standards
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST